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NO. 1.
VOL. XIX.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 7, 1900.
TWENTY-FOUR PAGES
PAGES 13 TO 24
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THE HOUSEFURNISHER
Gadsby BIocK, cor. Washington and First Sts.
Invites inspection of his mammoth stock of all that goes to make
a house a home. New Carpets are wanted. We have them.
You haven't all the money just now? . That's all right you will
have; you can spare a dollar a week, or five dollars a month.
Come and get all you want
CHARLIE AND SADIE
Charlie and Sadie had courted some time,
A happy young couple -were they.
They 'wanted to marry before very long.
But clearly could not see their way.
Charlie, of course, had the best of Inten
tion, And Sadie a wise little head:
She knew that a home must be furnished
Before they could venture to -wed.
Charlie -wanted to do the thing nicely
And puzzled I1I3 head day and night.
Poor Sadie "was equally cnxlous
And -wanted to start the home right
Charlie had got good employment,
His wages enough to keep two;
And one day from a
He hit on the right
"Went straight away and saw GADSBY,
Who -furnished him all .he required.
He was not long then wedding Sadie,
When he got her the home she desired.
He paid a deposit and that was quite
small
The Installments were easy to pay,
A nice little home was tne happy result.
And they both felt Joyful that day.
GATSBY,S SYSTEM'S a boon for such
people,
"Who seek for some comfort In life.
He carries a stock of goods that will bring
Great happiness to nan and to wife.
Just note the address and study the terms,
They are everything will satisfy;
Though your pocket Is low you can ar
range so
You can soon get a home If you try.
NOTE OUR EASY TERMS
$ 25 worth of goods, $1.00 per week
$ 50 worth of goods, $1.25 per week or $ 5.00 per month
$ 75 worth of goods, $2.50 per week or $ 7.50 per month
$125 worth of goods, $2.25 per week or $10.00 per month
LARGER. BILLS SAME PROPORTION.
Everything to Furnish a House Throughout in Stock
Stoves, Ranees, Lamps, Toilet Seim, Slatting, Oil Cloths, Car
petlnc of all Icinds, Window Shades, Draperies, Beddlnsr, Blankets,
Comforters, PIUotts, Bolsters, in fact, anything: reanlred to furnish,
a Jionse.
"GEORGIE" AND HIS BRAND NEW SISTER
He and "Little Albert" Stir Up an Awful Commotion While Trying
to Obey "Paw's" Injunction to be Quiet.
I "bet Tou Cant gess what. Gee but It's
Little. And it Don't Seam to no nawthln
a Tall only how to holler. Paw he says
when we Got it:
"Now Georgle and Albert Tou must he
good Boys or jnehby we mlten't Be a
Lowed to keep it."
"Was it Sent Herejlst on Our account?"
little Albert ast
"Oh, I dunno as it was," paw anserd,
"only you no you offen sed you wanted
a Little sister."
"Well, it's Blame queer thay couldn't a
Brot It Some time when maw Wasent
sick in Bed," little albert told Him, and
paw Diden't say nothin fer about a
xnlnit so I says:
"Sposen we name it After mrs. Deweyl"
"Why?" he ast
"Mebby if we Do she mite give it a
House and Lot she Don't nead in her
Bizness," I told Him.
"Don't try to Be smart when thay are
a Serious Subjict goin on," paw says.
"Now I want you Boys to keap offul quiet
around Here today, and Behaive like if
you Had Bin brot up Decent. Tou mite
go Over to the Simmonses and stay to
Dinner if thay ast you."
Then mo and little albert went over
and Mrs. Simmons begin to ast us aBout
the Baby. She sed she was jlst Dyin to
see the Dear little Thing and I thot I
Better fix It so she would stay away so
I told Her it was all Broke out and we
was afrade It was Borned with the mee
suls er sumthing. But you can't never
Tell Before you say It what WImmen are
goin to Do After wurds.
Stirs Dp the Neighbors.
She started rite out and let all the
nabers no about it and the first thing
1 new thay was a Drove of them Heded
fer our house. I thot I would go home
and see what Happened, and purty soon
thay was about a Haft a Duzzen of them
in the parler talken about the Best thing
to Do fer it Thay neerly got to fiten
Becoz sum of them thot the things sum
of the others wanted to give it woulden't
he good.
"If it was my Baby." Mrs. fowler sed,
"I would Git some other Dockter rite
away. I Don't Beleeve in this one."
"Well, I don't think your dockter im
xnounts to mutch," mrs. Johnson told Her.
your children are sick all the Time."
"They ain't neether," Mrs. Fowler hol
lered. "Thay ain't no helthier children
in the Wurld than mine, only thay ain't
big and Raw boned Like yours.
It looked like If thay mite pull Hare
Before thay got thru, and It Sounded
Like a uafternoon Whist party fer a
while, But thay quit jawin at Last- and
Mrs. Henderson sed:
"Ain't It jist offel. Of course the poor
little thing Can't live."
No," Mrs. Barker ansered, "I never
Herd of one what Did ylt. It'll be a
Turrable bio to its poor fawther."
By that time the -nurse come down and
Told them she was Sorry thay Coulden't
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friend newly married
thing to do.
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Washington & First Sts.
eee It ylt, But she was afrade the dock
ter mlten't Like it If she let them.
"Oh, we Don't want to," Mrs. Simmons
told her. "Poor little thing, we jistthot
we Would come and see If we Coulden't
Do sumthing fer it We're offel sorry fer
all of you."
Nurse Gets Mad.
The nurse she Begin to git mad about
that time Becoz she thot thay was throw
in sum kind of a Slur at her, and she
ast what they ment Then thay all Com
menct to Talk at Wunst, and she says:
"My grashus ladles this is turrable mak
in so mutch Disturbance. What on earth
is the matter?"
"Why the meesuls you no," Mrs. Fowler
hollered becoz she" got a Chanct to say
it furst '
"What meesuls?" the nurse ast.
"Your meesuls," they yelled, "the Ba
by's meesuls, the hole fambly's meesuls."
Then she begin to Back away tords the
stairs and moshened me to make my
escape Before thay got enny worse. Thay
was a nartickle in the paper the other
Day about some people glttln out of the
A sylum and I gess she thot It was them.
By that time I Had a Fine thot so I
went and opened the Frunt Door and
then come Back and sed:
"I wlsht little Albert and the pupp
was Here."
"Why?" Mrs. Fowler ast
"Becoz thay was a. mouse jlst Run
under you," I told Her.
Thay was three chares upset and two
peaces of Dress hangin to the Door nob
after thay got out and the nurse sklned
one Elbo and neerly Lost a nye GIttin up
stares. Georgie, in Chicago Times-Herald.
MISTAKEN ECONOMY.
Disaster Visited on Man Who
Wouldn't Subscribe for Paper.
' Did you ever, asks an unidentified ex
change, hear of a man who was
1 too economical to take his home paper,
hut sent his little boy to borrow the copy
taken by his neighbor? In his haste the
boy ran over a $4 stand of bees and in
10 minutes looked like a warty summer
squash. His cries reached his father, who
ran to his assistance, and, failing to no
tice a barbed wire fence, ran Into that,
breaking it down, cutting a handful of
i fish halt out of his anatomy and ruining
i a H P"-ir of pants.
j The old cow took advantage of the gap
in the fence, and got, into the corn field
and killed herself eating green corn. Hear
ing the racket, the wife ran out upset
a four-gallon churnful of rich cream into
. a basket of kittens, drowning the whole
, flock. In the hurry she dropped a $7 set
-' of false teeth. The"'' baby, left alone,
i crawled through the spilled cream and Into
'. the parlor, ruining a brand new $20 car
' pet During the excitement the efdest
(daughter ran away with a hired man; the
dog broke up U setting . hens, ' and the'
calves got out and chewed' the tails' off
from four fine shirts.
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Coastwise cross seas round the world and back
again,
Whether the flow ehall fall us, or the Trades
drive down:
Plain-sail storm-sail lay your board and tack
again
And, all to bring a cargo to Portland town,
(With apologies to Mr. Kipling.)
JORE than 3000 sea
ls men visit " Portland
every year. They are
of all nationalities
some English, some
Dutch, some Scan
dinavian and some
i from the Latin races
but all of them jol
ly sailors. Some of ,
them stay here only i
a few days or weeks;
some of them remain
three or four months, I
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and a few of them die here. The greater
part of them are deep-sea sailors, voyag
ing to and from distant ports. For long
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home; seldom do they spend any consider- '
able time In an enlightened country. It
Is Interesting then to know what they do
when they cast anchor Jn Portland har
bor. It must be known that the requirements
of Oregon for the transportation of its
large crops of wheat and immense lumber
products draw into the Willamette each
year a great fleet of merchantmen, one of,
the finest and largest In the world. Many
nationalities man this fleet; every existent
type of sailor Is Included. "Every one of j
us is liars, and 'alf of us is thieves," is t
a couplet that will apply to only a small
proportion of the men who go to sea in
ships these modern days; most sailors are
upright and good men at heart. I
Some Sailors Wed Here. '
The fact that the greater number of ves
sels that come to Portland are long-voyage
craft causes the stay of their crews In
the port to be usually a lengthy one, and
Jack Tar becomes well acquainted here.
It may no be literally true that he has a
sweetheart in every port, but he has one
in Portland and, occasionally, a Portland
girl has been known to marry a sailor, and
then this city becomes his home port Of
course, he may also have a wife at the
Antipodes and be the possessor of two
home ports. '
Portland differs in several respects
from other seaports. Prom some points
of view this may be considered an inland
city, It being about 100 miles from the sea
coast This can be said of other ports, no
tably Philadelphia and New Orleans, but
there are few other places In the world
where seagoing vessels come into a river
and have to pass through drawbridges to
reach their destination. The sailors who
come here have the opportunity to indulge
in more varied recreations, on account
of the dual character of Portland as a
seaport and an inland town combined.
The biggest single factor In the life of
the seaman ashore Is the sailors' boarding
house, This Is a much-abused institution,
and about the most favorable thing that
has been said for it Is that it is a neces
sary evil. There are boarding-houses and
boarding-houses. In ports where much ri
valry exists, many evils creep in that do
not contaminate the sailor's life in Port
land. In this city there is only one boarding-house
for saildrs worthy of the name.
This usually c6ntalns from 20 to 50 sea
men. They are a picturesque lot, and
spend much of their time, when indoors,
in playing cards' and spinning yarns. They
are of aU nationalities, but all speak more
or less English.
For Men Who Leave Ships.
It must be understood that the boarding-house
is principally for sailors who
leave their ships. Seamen who irftend to
make the return voyage on the ships they
sailed in on, have no' need for such a home.
Their bunk and grub are always ready for
them on board their vessels. If It were
not for desertions, the boarding-house man
couldn't exist In ports where there Is
much rivalry in the business, boarding
house runners will, wherever permitted
to do so, board arriving craft in search of
victims. If opportunity presents, (they will
ply the men with liquor, and"-us.e every
possible blandishment to get them away
from their ships.
When a sailor leaves his ship, he is wel
comed at the boarding-house, whether he
has any money or not He is supplied with
tobacco and clothes, if he needs them, and
is given a small amount of money to
"blow in," usually about $5. The boarding
house master, who also conductsajjinarine
employment agency, reimburses himself
from the "premium which the cap'tain pays
for new men, when his old hands have
deserted. Of course, he is taking chances,
but he rarely loses, because a seaman
knows no other occupation and must, soon
er or later, ship again. He can only do,
this through the hoarding-house master.
This 'leads up to the important question,
"Why do sailors desert?" Shipowners and
those who look at It from their point of
view, say they desert, as a rule, only when
made drunk and over-persuaded. There
are two sides to this as well as to any
other question. Perhaps the deserters
themselves can best tell. A reporter asked
this question of, perhaps, 20 seamen on
the streets in the North End, and the an
swers were very much alike. An English
seaman, who seemed rather abovthe av
erage in intelligence, said:
The Reasons Why.
"Tou ask' why we desert. We leave be
cause we 'ave nothing to eat. We have,
most of us,, been six or eight months on
the voyage, and the food that is given us
has become nauseating. The captain gen
erally refuses to give us any money to
j,pend while .in port. English marine law
rdoes not require shipowners to pay their
men until they return to an English port.
It" is the same with European countries,
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their eight months' wages."
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desert. He says: 'Boys, don't leave tha
ship; look out for the boarding-house men,'
but when a boat from the boardlng-houso
comes alongside, he offers no objection.
The captain refuses to give the men any
v. , ... . .. . ,
money to spend, although they have not
had a cent for months. An order is given
on the tailor for clothes. We can borrow
a dollar from him, but we only get 60
cents. The captain gets a commission on
this, as he does on all the goods we buy."
A Norwegian was asked why he left his
ship, and he replied: "Bad cook." ,
"There are good captains and bad cap
tains," said an old British tar who has
been before the mast 36 years. "Some of
them treat a fellow so well that he wants
i to make the return trip with him. Others
are very tyrannical. In this case, the
boarding-house master is the sailor's
only friend. Why, who else would givf
him a bit of rum? Who would buy hnli
tobacco? Where, would he go? Would
he not be at the mercy of the captain?
But he would desert, just the same. I
tell you, if it was not for the sailor
boarding-houses, the men would be sleep
ing on the bloomln' doorsteps." .
American Vessels the Best.
"American shipowners and American
vessels are the best." said an old, tar,
"but there Is little left now of the Ameri
can merchant marine save a memory.
American captains pay off in every port,
and it Is a rare thing for a seam&rt, who
is half way decent to desert a vessel that
flies the Stars and Stripes. The men are
better fed, better paid and better treated
on American vessels than on any other,
but there are so few American -vessels."
While the sailor is not always strictly
moral, he is often religious, by nature
and habit. When ashore, he will frequent
ly attend some kind of religious service,
if it be only an open-air talk on some
street corner in the slums. His faith is
not clouded by any of the doubts that
higher criticism brings, and he is strictly
orthodox. A minister who is devoting his
life to mission work in North Portland
said:
"A sailor is more susceptible to relig-
The captain purposely refuses to give the yr $$fBztlbjj$ jiJJf jljk U0
men any money while in port, and he keeps ftpM jl6 - v?VG7tf tiM vc7
up the pQor fare to encourage the men to iW " r? MWAu W$ vb-
"desert, in order that they may forfeit the ffMr - T" ''v- 7V$ii W T- 7 V
' money that is due them. When we ship WBSSMic mliiitiM feZ
from an English port we only get one ML ' Jls. lwiWWiTOl IsImM'
month's pay In advance. Continental na- SCiS 1H 1 $Zlilll 'WWr1'1
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IN THE BOARDING HOUSE.
ious truth than any other man. The trou
ble is we can't reach him. After the
sailor boarding-houso gets hold ofhim he
is kept full of whisky."
"But isn't the sailor driven to the boarding-houses
because he has no money?"
was asked.
"No," replied the minister. "The sail
ors can get everything they want, except
whisky, without going to the boarding
houses at all."
The greatest influence for good that
is thrown around the sailor In the port of
Portland Is the Seamen's Instiute, 100
North Front street It is under the aus
pices of the London Missions to Seamen's
Society, and Is managed by James Lald
law, T. B. Wilcox, W. J. Burns, Captain
Hoben, Captain J. A. Brown and M. N.
Hamilton. The superintendent is Dr. J.
Douglas Hay. Religion Is only a side Is
sue at this institute, the only question
asked being, "Are you a seaman?" Every
creed and nationality come and go. Here
Jack Tar is at home. There are reading
and smoking-rooms for the officers, the
apprentices and the common sailors. All
are welcome, and there are no restraints
on any of them. Every Sunday a lunch Is
given the boys, at 12:30 P. M., and tea at
6 o'clock, as a reminder of their Sundays
at home. The large number of mariners
who regularly spend their evenings at this
place is gratifying to the management,
and has a good Influence over the entire
body of seafaring men.
It is said that the class of men who do
their loafing at the institute seldom desert
their ships. Apprentices and seamen, who
often work hard on board their vessels
during the day, take their "shore clothes"
under their arms and go directly to the in
stitute at night, to dress for the evening.
The regular Wednesday evening concerts
that are held at the Institute are often
gotten up, arranged and managed by the
seamen, without any suggestions whatever
from outside sources.
The Institute has the nucleus for a li
brary, and is well supplied with maga
zines and newspapers. Picnics are given
In the summer time, and occasional crick-
et, football and handball matches. Sailors
call this place "a home from home."" The
attraction of walking around the town
of evenings only serves for a few nights.
This soon becomes monotonous, and the
choice soon lies between the institute and
the lowest of dives and music-halls,' for
it must be borne In mind that Jack Tar
ashore in American ports has no money.
TTfa European master sees to that.
Of all the Interesting classes of marine
visitors wbo visit Portland, the apprentice
hoys come first These boys are often sons
of gentlemen (from a European stand
point), and are usually well-bred, worthy
young fellows. They get no pay and have
no money to spend, except what Is some
times sent them from home. On the
other hand, their parents pay the ship
owners a premium to take the boys and
make seamen of them. If they remain on
the vessel the required four years and are
sober and studious, they are given a sec
ond mate's certificate. If they desert, It
is usually the beginning of thq end. There
Is nothing left for them but to go before
the mast
Shipowners are glad to get as many ap
prentices as possible. After a. few weeks,
a boy can do a seaman's werk, and that
makes a reduction In the payroll. Some
ships come into Portland with 10 or 12 ap
prentices on board. The pathways .through
life of tteseung, ieHowsarernqfrstrn
with roses. They- are made to da wpric
that common seamen refuse to do, and are
the servants of every one on board. Thl3
does not apply to apprentices on American
ships, who are given the position of petty
officers. One boy, with a patrician face
and an accent that betokened good breed
ing, was seen on board a vessel a few
days ago, at meal time. He was eating
pork and potatoes from-ani.earthen dish
that had been guiltless of waterrfor many
moons', but a solid silver knife, fork and
spoon were his eatlng-utenslls. The boy
had brought these things from home with
him, and he had clung to them as relics of
happy days, with remarkable tenacity,
through all his voyages, not seeming to see
their Incongruity.
Discouraged Youth Deserts.
Only last week a discourage'd young Eng
lishman, who had fallen into the hands of
a captain who probably didn't treat him
any too" well, deserted his ship at the in
stigation of a saloon-keeper. He soon
spent his home allowance of money at the
bar, and then accepted a job from the
whisky-dealer to drum, for trade among
the apprentices with home allowances. He
was rescued and placed on board his ship
only a few hours before she sailed. This
boy is a very talented pianist; is cultured
in many ways, and, with the proper en
vironments while in port, should become
an ornament to his chosen profession.
A plan Is on foot that will materially
lighten the burden of the seamen, in this
and all other ports where It is Inaugu
rated. It is to give the men a weekly
wage while in port. This is all they ask,
at present Ahey are willing to leave their
accumulated earnings In the captain's
hands until they return to the home port,
provided they are paid what they earn
while thiey are in port. It Is understood
that the British board of trade and the
London Mission to Seamen's Society favor
making this change. If this plan Is adopt
ed by the British ships, it will probably
also be taken up by other Continental
shipowners. It would mean something
considerable to Portland in dollars and
cents. The 3000 sailors who annually
come here only leave In the city a dollar
or so each of their earnings. They would
spend more, if they had it. Should 'they
be allowed their wages of ?3 or $4 a week,
they would spend it here, and secure their
clothes and tobacco, at prices other people
pay. It would probably Increase the trade
of Portland merchants $50,000 a year.
This plan would certainly prevent many
desertions.
Jack Tar's inordinate love for North
End whisky and other more questionable
attractions that are placed before him In
that section of the town, dften lands
him in the city Bastile. The sailor does
not enjoy immunity from arrest, but, to
their credit be It said, the authorities are
as lenient with him as their duty will
permit. When Jack lands In the lockup
and views the liberty and happiness of j
this world through prison bars, It is gen
erally the much-abused boarding-house
man who comes to the rescue. The fine
Is usually a minimum one and Is paid.
But sailors do not 'very often fall Into
the hands of the police.
The practice of "shanghaiing" that Is,
getting sailors drunk and shipping them
against their will, while Insensible used
to flourish In Portland like the proverbial
green bay tree.-''1 Bufv the-custonv'Is said
'to have passed Into history. The" reasons
are obvious. The laws against it are very
severe, and the necessity for It no longer
exists. There are plenty of seamen al
ways Ju port ready to ship. They may
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bo "swapping the devil lor the witch'4
mil trot- tirnTtsft shlrv than,, the ontwthtffi
Chance is one 'of ths'charma -of h er
lstence.
The chief of the Portland shanghalers.
whoso spook, years ago. crossed the
Stygean river, was James Turk. A sailor,
speaking on the nil nisi bonum mortuua
est" principle, .said of him: "True, old,
Turk would shanghai his grandmother,
but he wasn't so bad. after all. He was a
bluff, rough-speaking kind of a fellow.
Too many people judged old Jim by his
voice. He was so tender-hearted that I
have often seen him. weep bitter teara
over other people's troubles."
Turk never had an opportunity to shang
hai his grandmother, hut he did shanghai
his own son. From all accounts, tho
young Turk probably needed It, and It
must have been a lesson to him, as he Is
said to be a boarding-house and shipping
master himself," at Honolulu a chip ot
the old block.
When tho sailors reach thi3 port after
a long voyage, they need recreation and
relaxation, and they seek for it Somo
find it amid reputable and respectable
surroundings; others look for It in the
numberous disreputable dens along tho
water front
Wednesday Nisht Concert.
One of the most admirable features of
the Seamen's Institute, previously referred
to, is the Wednesday evening concert Oc
casionally thesofare arranged by the sea
men themselves. At other times they are
planned and executed by the young women
o the best social standing In Portland.
The music given is of the highest class,
drawn largely from the old masters, and.
In fact, taste and culture can be seen on
every hand and throughout all the details.
These entertainments, which are varied in
their character, are enjoyed hugely by the
officers, the apprentices and the common
seamen as well. The Saturday evening
socials are pretty well patronized by the
same class, and add very materially to the
pleasure of Jask ashore, giving him a' taste,
of social enjoyment that he has notjfelt
for many months, if at alL
Land of No-Such-Place.
He'd rather weed the sarden. than.ta play a
game oC ball; .
He Ioes hla teacher halt to death-th circus
not at all;
There's not ne rpcclc of honest dirt upon blfl
'week-dar face. ".
For he's a boy poor fellow t in tho land ot
No-Such-PIacal
He'll never drink when he grg-sra up, of course
nor smoke nor swear; I
Putting up- the, kitehen stovepipe ha'H regard
as pleasure rare;
No, he'll never yearn for ofllce, nor want ta
"go the pace."
For he'll be- what posses for a. maif'imthe land
of No-Such-Placet
His wife? She'll never gossip. Her hair will
stay in euri
On rainy days. She'll" have no trouble with tha
servant girl,
Nor long to tear the eyes, out-oftho "woman
in the case"
Kver hear ot oucb a woman? 'Sho resides in
No-3uch-PIacei ..
How It used to make our bones ache that Sun
day school paradise,
"With Its goody-goody goodness its dearth oi
saving vice'
Oh. those boyhood recollections J What can
ever quite efface
That elyalum. so dreaded the land of No-Such-Place!
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Eet me raihar worJFfrgai suoannd walk
the flooj-Jat n&h J W 5
"While a dozen hoperule?rendhe stirtvlth celte'a
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Than to be a wretched boy again, confronted,
face to face,
"With a. chance to wear a halo in the land of
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Albert B. Hoyt, in Leslie's Weekly.